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May
04
2024
By The African Mirror
Kenya’s weather outlook ‘dire’ as cyclone nears, president says

Kenya’s weather outlook ‘dire’ as cyclone nears, president says

NEWS
TORRENTIAL rains that caused widespread flooding and landslides across Kenya in recent weeks, killing at least 210 people, are forecast to worsen over the rest of this month, President William Ruto said. The floods have wreaked havoc, destroying homes, roads, bridges and other infrastructure across Kenya, East Africa's largest economy. The death toll exceeds that from floods triggered by the El Nino weather phenomenon late last year. "Sadly, we have not seen the last of this perilous period, as the situation is expected to escalate. Meteorological reports paint a dire picture," Ruto said on Kenyan television. "Kenya may face its…
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May
03
2024
By OPE ADETAYO
Two Nigerian officers face court martial over drone strike that killed 85 civilians

Two Nigerian officers face court martial over drone strike that killed 85 civilians

NEWS
NIGERIA'S military has ordered two officers to face court martial proceedings over a drone strike that killed at least 85 civilians, the defence HQ said, more than four months after President Bola Tinubu ordered an investigation. The December 3 air strike was one of the deadliest to hit civilians as the Nigerian military increasingly relies on aerial assaults in fighting Islamic militants in the northeast and armed kidnapping gangs in the northwest. Defence Headquarters spokesperson Major General Edward Buba said the findings of an investigation of the strike in a village in northern Kaduna state showed that it should never have…
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May
05
2024
By MAHAMAT RAMADANE and PORTIA CROWE
Chad prepares to vote in a coup-hit region, wary allies look on

Chad prepares to vote in a coup-hit region, wary allies look on

NEWS
CHAD will hold presidential elections on Monday, making it the first in a string of coup-hit states across Central and West Africa to use the ballot box to try to emerge from years of military rule. Opposition groups have already cried foul. The candidate widely expected to win is Mahamat Idriss Deby - the man who seized power the day rebels shot and killed his long-ruling father, Idriss Deby, in April 2021. But Chad's Western allies have largely stayed quiet and kept watch - hoping, analysts say, that at the very least, the vote will deliver a relatively stable state in a region hit by militant…
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May
04
2024
By MAHAMAT RAMADANE and IDRISSA SANGARE
Heatwaves and outages test support for juntas in Chad and Mali

Heatwaves and outages test support for juntas in Chad and Mali

NEWS
IN Chad's scorching capital N'Djamena, housewife Sylvie Belrangar turned the handle of a tap but nothing trickled out as water shortages and extreme temperatures swept parts of West and North-Central Africa's Sahel region. "The president promised water and electricity. But since then, we've seen nothing," she said last week, surrounded by withered plants in her parched compound. Belrangar's plight is echoed elsewhere in the semi-arid Sahel, whose worst heatwave in recent memory exposed in April the struggle of junta-led countries, such as Chad and Mali, to guarantee basic services when the need for water and electricity is most acute. Recent outages have…
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May
03
2024
By NELLIE PEYTON
Soccer star’s murder highlights South Africa’s crime problem as election nears

Soccer star’s murder highlights South Africa’s crime problem as election nears

NEWS
IN the South African township where Luke Fleurs grew up, some friends joined gangs before they reached high school age, but Fleurs found another path: he was so brilliant at soccer that he rose to be a professional player at South Africa's top club. Fleurs' success story ended abruptly last month when he was killed at a Johannesburg petrol station by someone stealing his car. The 24-year-old's murder not only sparked public grief due to his profile as a Kaizer Chiefs defender but also highlighted South Africa's crime problem. South Africa has one of the highest murder rates in the…
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May
03
2024
By MAXWELL AKALAARE ADOMBILA
Looted gold, royal treasures go on show back home in Ghana

Looted gold, royal treasures go on show back home in Ghana

NEWS
GOLD neck discs, a sword, a royal chair and dozens of other treasures looted during British colonial rule went on show in Ghana this week for the first time since their historic return. People travelled from across the West African country to see the repatriated plunder in the city of Kumasi, the seat of Asante King Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, known as the Asantehene. "The items that came back are virtually the soul of the people of Asante," the monarch said at the exhibition, which marks his silver jubilee. The gold regalia was looted during Britain's 1821-1957 colonisation of what…
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May
04
2024
By MAHAMAT RAMADANE and PORTIA CROWE
Chad prepares to vote in a coup-hit region, wary allies look on

Chad prepares to vote in a coup-hit region, wary allies look on

NEWS
CHAD will hold presidential elections, making it the first in a string of coup-hit states across Central and West Africa to use the ballot box to try to emerge from years of military rule. Opposition groups have already cried foul. The candidate widely expected to win is Mahamat Idriss Deby - the man who seized power the day rebels shot and killed his long-ruling father, Idriss Deby, in April 2021. But Chad's Western allies have largely stayed quiet and kept watch - hoping, analysts say, that at the very least, the vote will deliver a relatively stable state in a region hit by militant violence where…
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May
03
2024
By The African Mirror
Kenya flood toll rises to 181 as homes and roads are destroyed

Kenya flood toll rises to 181 as homes and roads are destroyed

NEWS
FLOODS and landslides across Kenya have killed 181 people since March, with hundreds of thousands forced to leave their homes, the government and Red Cross said, as dozens more were killed in neighbouring Tanzania and Burundi. Torrential rain and floods have destroyed homes, roads, bridges and other infrastructure across the region. The death toll in Kenya exceeds that from floods triggered by the El Nino weather phenomenon late last year. In the central Kenyan town of Mai Mahiu, where at least 48 died in flash floods on Monday, two bodies were recovered from the debris on Wednesday, Kenya Red Cross South Rift…
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May
02
2024
By The African Mirror
Turkey to join South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at World Court, minister says

Turkey to join South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at World Court, minister says

NEWS
TURKISH Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said that Turkey would join in South Africa's genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). "Upon completion of the legal text of our work, we will submit the declaration of official intervention before the ICJ with the objective of implementing this political decision," Fidan said in a joint press conference with Indonesia's Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi in Ankara. "Turkey will continue to support the Palestinian people in all circumstances," he said. The ICJ ordered Israel in January to refrain from any acts that could fall under the Genocide Convention and to ensure its…
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May
03
2024
By CATARINA DEMONY
Island nation of Sao Tome and Principe to ask Portugal for colonial reparations

Island nation of Sao Tome and Principe to ask Portugal for colonial reparations

NEWS
THE government of the African island nation of Sao Tome and Principe will ask Portugal to repair the moral damages caused by colonialism, the country's education and cultural minister said on Thursday. Speaking to Portugal's Lusa news agency, minister Isabel Abreu said the Sao Tome and Principe government would draw up a plan to negotiate reparations with Portugal, adding the process would take time. Abreu said the issue was set to be discussed at a cabinet meeting on Thursday. It comes after Portugal's President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, questioned by Reuters, said last week his country was responsible for crimes committed during transatlantic slavery…
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